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Sabine’s Got Talent will present singers, dancers and other acts in competition at the third annual show this year.

The talent show will be held Friday night, February 16 at 7 p.m. at the Many Community Center. Admission will be $5 for adults and $2 for children, ages 5-12-years. Tickets may be purchased at the door the night of the performances.

Three categories of competition will be children, teens and adults, all competing for first, second and third place in the following categories: singing, dancing, groups and bands.

Members of the Sabine Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), along with 200 fellow conservationists from the state attended the 72nd annual Louisiana Association of Conservation District (LACD) meeting held in Alexandria. Resiliency + Sustainability = # Conservation Strong was the theme.

According to John Alan Williams, newly elected LACD first vice president, the threeday session was filled with activities pertaining to conservation issues that affect the people of the state today and in the future.

Citing several inconsistencies in last year’s trial of Melvin Maxie, which resulted in his being convicted of second-degree murder, defense attorneys are expected to be back in court soon asking the court to consider whether to order a new trial, modify the verdict to the conviction of a lesser offense, or grant a post verdict judgment of acquittal.

The documents were filed by the defense, attorney Casey Secor and the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center in early January, but District Attorney Don Burkett asked for and received a continuance until February 7.

The defense has issued a subpoena to every juror from the case and both alternates. Their statements have been taken and their request will be presented to the court on Wednesday of next week.

The 442-page filing holds a number of contentious allegations, especially toward the jurors and District Attorney Don Burkett.

Polly Snell, a former assistant chief with the Many Police Department, pled guilty to the theft of thousands of dollars of grant funds in federal court on January 25.

The formal charge, or bill of information, was filed in United States District Court earlier this month and states that Snell was paid a salary of more than $5,000 that she was not entitled to from grant funds totaling more than $10,000 received by the town of Many.

According to Magistrate Judge Mark L. Hornsby, the former assistant police chief faces up to 10 years of incarceration and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for May 10. Consideration will be given due to her guilty plea.

Senior members of the Ebarb High School Homecoming court are, front row from left Samantha Kelly, Autumn Wyatt, and Kiana Phathong. On the back row from left are Zachary Faircloth, Hayden Stevens, and Brendan Ezernack

Sabine Animal Shelter Manager Lisa Butler and a newly arrived Australian Shepherd named Blanket inspect all the donations from animal lovers who attended the fundraiser at the Many Community Center on January 20.

For the fourth time in ten years, the Sabine Parish Tourist Commission has won the Louey, the top state tourism award.

“It’s because we have a lot of great people that put out the effort for the economic benefit it brings our community,” says Linda Curtis-Sparks, Director of the Sabine Parish Tourist Commission. She explained that the Louey Awards presented this week at the Louisiana Travel Association’s Annual Membership Luncheon in Lafayette are judged out of state based on the Tourist Commission’s results for their marketing efforts. They are presented to Convention & Visitors Bureaus or Tourist Commissions in three categories based on size of budget. Sabine Parish won the category with a budget up to $499,999. Louisiana’s Cajun Bayou received the award for a budget from $500,000 - $999,999 and Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau received the award for $1 million and above.

Floyd Giblin moved to Many back in 1977, along with his wife, Susan Meadows Giblin, and their daughter, Amy, to help her father with the family business, Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Giblin was trained by Meadows, who had spent 30 years in the business. In 1978 the couple purchased the family business.

Today, Warren Meadows Funeral Home is a third-generation business, which continues to do things “the Warren Meadows” way.

Bassmaster will launch its Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops and the Bassmaster High School Series presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods on Toledo Bend Lake this weekend.

The College Series tour will begin January 25-27 at the central qualifier on Toledo Bend, which was recently ranked fourth in the central division of Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes for 2017.